Manchester United are planning a shock move for Bologna striker Marko Arnautovic, with Erik ten Hag's side having tabled a bid for the striker.

United haven't had a great start to their 2022/23 campaign, losing 2-1 to Brighton at Old Trafford in their first Premier League game of the season. With Anthony Martial injured, speculation around the future of Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford misfiring, Arnautovic is understood to be a short-term solution.

After spending six years in England with Stoke City and West Ham United, Arnautovic left for China before moving to Bologna in Italy last season. The Austrian striker scored 14 Serie A goals in 33 games, and now

When compared to other strikers at United, Arnautovic ended up being the third-choice striker in the squad, with Ronaldo and Anthony Martial playing more regularly ahead of him. Martial scored 18 goals while Ronaldo grabbed 16, with the latter averaging the highest rating. Of all United's forwards, only Anthony Elanga made fewer appearances than Arnautovic.

At the end of the 2022/23 season, Football Manager 2022 put together an overall best United XI, based on performances, statistics and other metrics. This is what United's best XI looked like at the end of the 2022/23 season as predicted by Football Manager 2022: